STATEMENT
OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MICHAEL D. GALLAGHER ON FCC INQUIRY
INTO SCOPE AND IMPACT OF ANTICOMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR BY
FOREIGN CARRIERS ON U.S. CONSUMERS

I
commend the FCC for its investigation of foreign carriers
who cut circuits to the U.S. Blocking circuits to extract
higher rates from U.S. consumers is not acceptable.
Circuit blocking is contrary to the best practices of
growing digital economies and the expansion of e-commerce.